Fig. 11.1 Rectal prolapse Evacuatory dysfunction frequently occurs with rectal prolapse and fecal incontinence has been found in approximately 50–75 % of patients with rectal prolapse [1, 4]. Several factors…
Fig. 13.1 Bristol stool scale (From Lewis and Heaton [52]. Reproduced with permission of Informa Healthcare © 1997) Defining exactly when the problem with fecal control occurs is another important…
Study Patients (n) IORT dose (Gy) 5-y local recurrence (%) 5-y overall survival (%) R0 R1 R2 R0 R1 R2 R0 R1 R2 R0 R1 R2 Haddock et al. (2009)…
Fig. 35.1 Reconstructed CTA image showing successful implantation of an aortic stent graft to exclude an aortic aneurysm from the systemic circulation For endovascular repair of an aortic aneurysm (EVAR),…
Fig. 16.1 (a) Area of irregularity detected at digital rectal examination that prompted full-thickness excisional biopsy with TEM. (b) Final pathology revealed the presence of residual cancer cells (ypT2) Endoscopic…
Fig. 37.1 Laparoscopic colectomy in a porcine model Simple box trainers for laparoscopic skills such as the validated MISTELS (McGill Inanimate System for Training and Evaluation of Laparoscopic Skills) are…
Fig. 32.1 Robotic technology. (a) The robotic console, (b) proper robotic arm positioning, (c) Robotic instrumentation placed with aid of bedside assistant Authors of some early robotic colectomy trials have…
The physician expert witness must have had a current, valid, and unrestricted state license to practice medicine at the time of the alleged occurrence The physician expert witness should have…
Figure 38.1 presents the Impact Factor for some of the journals I have published in over the past 5 years. Several things are notable; first, the highest ranked surgical…
Fig. 29.1 The Bianchi longitudinal intestinal lengthening procedure (Reprinted from Bianchi [160], (a) The bowel and its mesentery are divided longitudinally to yield two vascularized halves of the bowel wall….
